Combined skirt and waist supporter.



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COMBINED SKIRTAND WAIST SUPPDBTEB.

Application filed May 28, 1901.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES AIIENT Fries.

ADELA J. LUNDVALL, OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO.

COMBINED SKIRT AND WAISTSUPPOIRTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 687,765, dated December3, 1901.

Application filed May 28,1901. erial No. 62,233. (No model.)

tain new and useful Improvements in Skirtand Waist Supporters; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in skirt and shirt-waistsupporters; and the objects of my invention are, first,to provide askirt-supporter that will bring the weight of the skirt upon the corset;second, to provide a supporter that is pivotally attached to the corsetin such a manner that the skirt is free to depend naturally from thecorset, and, third, to provide a simple and cheap skirtsupporter bywhich a shirt-waist and a skirt can be instantly attached together orseparated from one another. I attain these objects by the constructionillustrated in theaecompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my improved skirt and waist supporter. Fig. 2 is a sectionof Fig. 1 on line A. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of a modificationof the skirtsupporting ring and of the button of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the fragment shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an edgeelevation of a fragment of acorset and ashirt-waist and a skirt, showingmy supporter operatively attached to the corset and the skirt andshirtwaist supported and held by it; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of afragment of a corset, a shirt-Waist, and a skirt, showing theapplication of the supporter to the corset and skirt and shirt-Waist.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 7 designates a thin plate of anysuitable material, such as brass or tin. To the lower side edge of thisplate, close to its ends, I secure two buttons 8 and 9, the shank 16 ofeach of which is preferably provided with a shoulder 11, that restsagainst the plate. From the shoulder 11 a rivet. portion 12 projectsthrough the plate and is riveted to it. A head 13 is formed on the outerend of the stem. This head is of larger diameter all around than thestem and is made oblong and preferably tapering from that portionimmediately surrounding the stem upward toward the top edge of theplate, its length being preferably about twice its width. Its narrowerend is round ed, and as the head is tapering it can be very readilyinserted through a buttonhole formed in a shirt-waist. Over the oblonghead of the button and on its stem I place a round ring 14,0? anysuitable metal, preferably using brass. This ring is made of small-sizedround wire and is adapted to be sewed at one side to the skirt and to behooked to and unhooked from the oblong-headed button at the will of theuser. To the upper side edge of the plate and preferably closer togetherthan the oblong-headed buttons, but at equal distances from them, Ipivotally secure, by means of eyelet-rivets 15 and 16, two arms 17 and18. These arms are pivoted to swing freely on the eyes. I useeyelet-rivets, as they are far superior to a plain rivet forconnection.In the upper end of each arm I secure metal eyelets 19 and 20.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I show a modification of the ring and button-head. Inthese figures the upper terminal end of the head 13 is curved inwardtoward the plate 7 to form hook 13, and when the shirt-waist 21, afragment of which is shown in Fig. 4, is buttoned over the head the ringis practically locked to the stem of the button against easy accidentaldisplacement. The skirt-supporting ring in this modification is madesubstantially in the form of the figure 8 or double ring, the lower part145* of the double ring being adapted to be sewed to the skirt and theupper part to hookover the oblon g-headed button.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I illustrate the supporter operatively attached to acorset 22, the ends of which are laced together by a lacing 22, which isinserted in the lacing-holes 22 and supporting a skirt 23 and attachedto a shirtwaist 21. The supporter is attached to the corset by beingtied through the eyelet-holes 19 and in the free ends of the arms 17 and18 by lacing-cords 25 and 26 to the holes 22 of the corset, a portion ofthe corset being broken away to show the cords and the ends of the armstied to the corset. In attaching the arms to the corset eyelet-holesshould be selected that will bring the skirt-rings underneath thewaist-belt 28, a fragment of which is shown, so that the belt will coverthe oblong head of the button and the skirt-ring. As the arms aresecured at the top only, they are free to spread apart when the corsetis unlaced and to hang freely when it is laced, which allows the plateand skirt to adjust themselves naturally. The skirt-rings are placedoutside of and farther apart than the arms in order that the skirt maybe more squarely held and depended evenly from the plate. The manner ofsupporting the skirt and of attaching the skirt-waistis as follows: Theskirt-rings are sewed to the skirt, as shown in 15 in Fig. 6, and theplate and arms are releasably tied from the opposite eyeholes of thecorset by the lacing-cords, which are made long enough to allow the topends of the arms to be tied close up even with the eye-holes in thecorset or to be let out so the ends of the arms will hang down at anydesired point below the eye-holes they are tied to. The skirt is thenhooked over the oblong heads of the buttons. The shirt-waist,which isprovided with longitudinal bnttonholes 29 and 30, is then buttoned overthe oblong heads. The belt is then placed over the supporter. Itrequires but an instant to button or unbutton the shirt-waists, to hookor unhook the skirt. The eyelets are pressed into the holes 31, 32, 33,and 34, which are formed through the ends of the arms and through theplate before the eyelets are inserted. The eyelets in the free end ofthe arms are pressed in tight, but those that join the arms to the plateare pressed to form a pivotal joint.

My invention is simple, strong, and durable and enables skirts andshirt-waists to be changed without changing the supporter.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination in a skirt-supporter and shirt-waist holder of a plate,two arms pivotally attached at one end to one edge of said plate nearits opposite ends and the opposite end of each arm containing aneyelet-hole, a lacing-cord in the eyelet-hole of each arm,

adapted to be tied to the eyelet-holes of acorset, said plate having abutton comprising a projecting stem secured to the lower edge of theplate near each opposite end, and an oblong tapering head extendingupward formed on the end of said stem, having an inward curve in itsnarrow end and a ring adapted to hook over the oblong heads of saidbuttons, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADELA J. LUNDVALL. Witnesses:

inssrn THOMPSON, G. SARGENT ELLIOTT.

